diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3e5242e09e6..e73b24dedbb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_HWDB') == 1
                          'src/hwdb/hwdb.c',
                          'src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-internal.h',
                          include_directories : includes,
-                         link_with : [libudev_internal],
+                         link_with : [libudev_static],
                          install_rpath : udev_rpath,
                          install : true,
                          install_dir : rootbindir)
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ exe = executable('systemd-udevd',
                  c_args : ['-DLOG_REALM=LOG_REALM_UDEV'],
                  link_with : [libudev_core,
                               libsystemd_network,
-                              libudev_internal],
+                              libudev_static],
                  dependencies : [threads,
                                  libkmod,
                                  libidn,
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ exe = executable('udevadm',
                  include_directories : includes,
                  link_with : [libudev_core,
                               libsystemd_network,
-                              libudev_internal],
+                              libudev_static],
                  dependencies : [threads,
                                  libkmod,
                                  libidn,
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
                    include_directories : includes,
                    link_with : [libnetworkd_core,
                                 libsystemd_network,
-                                libudev_internal,
+                                libudev_static,
                                 libshared],
                    dependencies : [threads],
                    install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
diff --git a/src/libudev/meson.build b/src/libudev/meson.build
index 09cf762c273..c381352ce8a 100644
--- a/src/libudev/meson.build
+++ b/src/libudev/meson.build
@@ -31,21 +31,8 @@ libudev_sources = files('''
 
 ############################################################
 
-libudev_sym = 'libudev.sym'
-libudev_sym_path = '@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), libudev_sym)
-libudev = shared_library(
-        'udev',
-        libudev_sources,
-        version : libudev_version,
-        include_directories : includes,
-        link_args : ['-shared',
-                     '-Wl,--version-script=' + libudev_sym_path],
-        link_with : [libbasic,
-                     libsystemd_static],
-        dependencies : [threads],
-        link_depends : libudev_sym,
-        install : true,
-        install_dir : rootlibdir)
+libudev_sym = files('libudev.sym')
+libudev_sym_path = meson.current_source_dir() + '/libudev.sym'
 
 install_headers('libudev.h')
 libudev_h_path = '@0@/libudev.h'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
index f97484eb265..914f9f93c6c 100644
--- a/src/network/meson.build
+++ b/src/network/meson.build
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
 
     [['src/network/test-network.c'],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libudev_internal,
+      libudev_static,
       libsystemd_network,
       libshared],
      [threads]],
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
       'src/network/test-network-tables.c',
       test_tables_h],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libudev_internal,
+      libudev_static,
       libudev_core,
       libsystemd_network,
       libshared],
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 7ba73af7041..71b440637d7 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ tests += [
           'src/test/test-helper.c'],
          [libcore,
           libudev,
-          libsystemd_static],
+          libshared],
          [threads,
           librt,
           libseccomp,
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ tests += [
          [libcore,
           libjournal_core,
           libudev_core,
-          libudev_internal,
+          libudev_static,
           libsystemd_network,
           libshared],
          [threads,
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ tests += [
 
         [['src/test/test-udev.c'],
          [libudev_core,
-          libudev_internal,
+          libudev_static,
           libsystemd_network,
           libshared],
          [threads,
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index fc06d6f85aa..2c0e3a65df8 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -117,11 +117,31 @@ else
         udev_rpath = ''
 endif
 
-libudev_internal = static_library(
-        'udev',
+libudev_basic = static_library(
+        'udev-basic',
         libudev_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
-        link_with : udev_link_with)
+        c_args : ['-fvisibility=default'])
+
+libudev_static = static_library(
+        'udev',
+        'udev.h',
+        include_directories : includes,
+        link_with : udev_link_with,
+        link_whole : libudev_basic)
+
+libudev = shared_library(
+        'udev',
+        version : libudev_version,
+        include_directories : includes,
+        link_args : ['-shared',
+                     '-Wl,--version-script=' + libudev_sym_path],
+        link_with : [libsystemd_static, libshared_static],
+        link_whole : libudev_basic,
+        dependencies : [threads],
+        link_depends : libudev_sym,
+        install : true,
+        install_dir : rootlibdir)
 
 libudev_core_includes = [includes, include_directories('net')]
 libudev_core = static_library(
@@ -150,7 +170,7 @@ foreach prog : [['ata_id/ata_id.c'],
                    prog,
                    include_directories : includes,
                    c_args : ['-DLOG_REALM=LOG_REALM_UDEV'],
-                   link_with : [libudev_internal],
+                   link_with : [libudev_static],
                    install_rpath : udev_rpath,
                    install : true,
                    install_dir : udevlibexecdir)